Managing identities in the cloud will make it easier to enforce network access, says the department's CISO.

The new Special Publication 800-172 builds upon the oft-cited SP 800-171.

Competing interests exist between two of the predominant federal agencies tasked with stopping hackers from attacking the U.S., officials say, and that dynamic shapes how and when the government notifies Americans if they’ve been breached.

The forecast is one of many included in the lab’s 2016 cyberthreat prediction, which paints a grim picture for the future of hacking.